SOC Analyst Jobs in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Birmingham is £36,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - -38
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.14% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £26,850 - -
25th Percentile £28,875 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 - £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.50%
75th Percentile £47,375 - £53,125
90th Percentile £50,750 - £56,500
West Midlands median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.35% -22.73% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,602 1,819 2,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 93.23% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,117 1,390 2,262
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,525 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Birmingham

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in Birmingham.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Birmingham

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in Birmingham

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (50.00%) Runbook
3 2 (50.00%) Police
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Sun
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Sun